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Nudging to Achieve Behavioural Change

Geoff Riley

11th June 2015

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Behavioural economics seeks to develop an understanding of how people think their decisions can be influenced through 'nudges'. There are many different types of nudge and this Storify will seek to identify and flag up some of the most interesting.

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Geoff Riley

Geoff Riley FRSA has been teaching Economics for nearly forty years. He has over twenty years experience as Head of Economics at leading schools. He writes extensively and is a contributor and presenter on CPD and Revision conferences in the UK and overseas.

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